Planter.



W. M. WILKEY.

PLANTE R.

APPLICATION FILED MR. I7. |9ll. 1,265,566., Patented May 7,1918.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. I7. l9l7.

Patented May 7,1918.

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Witnesses State. of Indiana,

'WILLIAM M. WILKEY, 0F KINGMAN, INDIANA.

PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedlMay '7, 1918.

Application tiled March 17, 1917. Serial No. 155,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be is known that l,`W1LL1AM M. WILKEY, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Kingman, in the county of Fountain and have invented a new and useful Planter, of which the following .is a specification. l

This invention relates to planters and more particularly to a check row attachment whereby h of seed may be planted at desired intervals without the necessity ofutilizing a check wire.

'the linvention herein A further ob]ect is to provide a novel form of marking device for use in connection with the dropper operating mechanism whereby it can be readily determined by the operator when the seeds are being planted in rows.

Another object is to provide means whereby the marking and dropping mechanism can be quickly thrown into or out of gear with its operating means.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, bination and arrangement the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precisey embodiment of disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from `the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying' drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

ln said drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a planter Vembodying the present improvement-s, certain of the parts being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mechanism constituting the present invention.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a portion of the main frame of a planter, the same being sup-ported by a revoluble axle 2 which is connected to and carried by supporting wheels one of `which has been shown at .3. Extending forwardly from the frame 1 are tongues one of which has been indicated at 3, these tongues being extended through slotted brackets 4: extending rearwardly from a front frame 5 designed to carry the seed box 6. Pins 7 are extended through each tongue 3 above and below the bracket 4 so that the of parts and in two frames can thus swing relative to each other. f

A rock shaft 8 is journaled within the front frame 5 and is adapted to act/uate dropping mechanism not shown. To this rock shaft are secured oppositely extending arms 9 and 10, the lower arm 10 being connected by a spring 11 to a bracket 12 depending from the rear portion of the frame 5. rllhe upper arm 9 is connected by a rod 13 to the arm 14 of a tripping dog 15 which is pivotally mountedas at 16, upon a beam 17 arranged longitudinally within the frame 1.

A bracket 18 is extended forwardly from the frame 5 andpivoted to this bracket is the rearwardly and downwardly extended beam 19 of a marking blade 20. This beam 19 is adapted to work upwardly and down- Wardlywithin a guide bracket 21 depending from the rear portion of the fra-me 5.

A bell crank lever `22 is `pivotally mounted as at 23 upon the beam 17 and one arm of this lever is connected by a chain 24 or the like to the beam 19, while the other arm is connected by a rodA 25 to the arm 14 of dog 15.

Secured to the axle 2 so as to rotate therewith is a drive gear 26 and this gear is adapted to mesh with a smaller gear 27 secured to a shaft 28 which is journalecl on a slide 29. Said slide is adapted to reciprocate on the frame 1 and may be held thereto in any manner desired.

Secured to shaft 28 so as to rotate therewith is a disk 30 having a tappet 31 adapted, during the rotation of the disk, to engage and depress the dog; 15. An index 32 laps the periphery of the disk and by means thereof the mechanism can be properly set at the beginning of a row so that the marking alongl the new row will coincide with that of the adjoining rows.

Obviously after the parts have been set and 'while gears 26 and 27 are in mesh, the machine, when driven forward will cause motion to be transmitted through the gears to the disk 30. Thus the tappet 31 will actuate the `dog 15 and cause the arm 14 to ntermittently pull and release the rods 25 and 13. |lhe actuation of rod 25 will result in the 'elevation of theblade 20 out of contact with the ground, thus leaving a hill which is readily visible to the driver. Simultaneously with the formation of this hill, the rod u@ indicate the location of the planted seeds.`

By means of a lever 32 which is connected by a rod 33 to the slide 29, said Slide can be shifted to move the gear 27 out of or back into mesh with the gear 26, thereby to control the transmission of power from the supporting wheel to the markingand dropping mechanisms. Lever 32 is provided with a toothed segment 3e and a spring pressed dog' 35 whereby the parts can be held in any' position to which they may be adjusted.

What is claimed is In a planter, the combination. .with a dropper actuating shaft yieldingly' held against movement, a pivoted marker beam extending under the shaft, and an arm upon the shaft, of a dog having an arm, a bell crank lever, rod connections between one arm of the lever and the arm of the dog, and between the arm on the dog and the arin-y on the shaft, a flexible connection between Vthe lbell crank lever and the marker beam, a

.drivegean aslide, a shaft journaled on the slidea tappet revoluble with the said shaft, a gear secured to said shaft, and means for shifting the slide to movethe gear into and out off mesh with the drive gear.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto axed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

y .WILLIAM MWlLKEY.

Witnesses:

ALBERT P. JONES, JAB/ms A. Cornmlm, 

